FirefightnRick

They got beat by Las Cruces High School in 1924? No way would I allow that out for public knowledge if I didn't have to. Rick

Here's one more just in case you didn't go blind the first time. GOD BLESS NORTH TEXAS! Rick

Speaking of ways to improve the look of a website, how about the Greenstock/GoMeanGreen.com model? She's was born and raised here in North Texas and I still have her contact information. For a fee she may even be willing to do a shoot for you guys? Rick

Baylor beat A&M last year and they, like Texas, has an unlimted supply of everything. And we were playing with Baylor until Jamario went out. So the loss to Baylor last year didn't hurt as much to me. Now the loss to FAU? Rick

Crip, hopefully his surgery goes as planned and he can start his rehab ASAP! Something to definately look forward to for next season! Rick

I corrected the link. Rick

LSU's Alley Brousard is out for the season I believe?, but it's still amazing to see the programs our RB's are being compared to here. The Mean Green has come a long, long, longgggggggggggggggggg WAY! http://www.collegefootballnews.com/2005/Pr...unningBacks.htm Rick

The main point is, the one in the top 25 IS NOT bcs and the one in the bottom 25 IS bcs. So again, what is considered MAJOR? It's a stupid arguement and why they play the game on the field. Rick

There's that Paul Johnson fellow again? To me DD has outperformed all of these people because of what he's had to work with budget and facility wise. Rick

Thanks for the pictures and for the help as well Queen. Awesome day. Rick

Today's annual GMG.com kickoff BBQ was a hit. We got just the weather I was hoping for, clear but hotter-n-crap! and the facilities were perfect for such an event. I am very thankful our program allows it's fans to help and be a part of a championship team. We owe a lot of thanks to one of our own Mean Green warriors from the Simmon era, Mike Berella for helping us set up the event. As for the rest of the Mean Green Naiton, there are many people to thank who made today's BBQ event happen. It was amazing to see the teamwork from everyone. I want to give a special shout out to all of you who showed up early and skipped the scrimmage to help slice brisket and prepare the food. SoundMan, Zeke, SilverEagle, Brad, Mark, BabyArm, MeanGreenQueen, untgirl and family, MeanGreenFreak(damn near a professional with a knife) and several other names I'm sure I'm leaving off and apologize for: YOU PEOPLE ARE ANIMALS! Incredible work folks and a great time as well. I look forward to seeing you all very soon, and thanks again, Rick

untgirl, That's a pretty good size batch, if you can bring more do it. Keep in mind we are trying to feed at least 200 or so people to make sure we have enough. I think with everyone pitching in together we will have it more than covered. It's hard to say. I'm going to try and bring at least one large homemade cobbler if I get time after wrapping up the second batch of briskets tonight. The first set that I cooked yesterday turned out very juicy. I couldn't hardly pick them up out of the pans without falling apart so that's a good sign and what we want. If anyone can think of something else we might bring call me as I don't have too much time to check the sight at this time. I'll be out wrapping up this second set of briskets to bake at about 6 p.m. Rick '''''''''''''''''''''''';'''''''''''

Someone dropped this hat off for me to post and let me say, this is the true KELLY green that we all wore back in the 80's. As you can see it's bright and I like it. A few things I would improve upon with this hat design is to eliminate the lightning bolt since MTSU's horse uses that, have it with black top button and vent holes and I would outline all the white lettering with black or use a combination of both black and white. Thoughts? Rick

Ditto NT91. American Dream Flag is good people. Rick

I'll see you there. Rick

Hmm, not sure about that. Even though they have won 4 conference championships in a row his assistant coaches are the lowest paid in the conference. Amazingly, one of them has turned down offers from Ok State and two belt schools in the recent past to stay here. And as for the facilities, not sure about FIU or FAU but the rest of the school's football stadiums puts Fouts to shame. We are catching up with the new stuff(AC center etc), but you can only count that for the past year or so. And DD's been outperforming them 4 years running. Actually longer. We have owned ULL and New Mexico State and both programs have MUCH better facilities than us. To me, DD and Kenny Evans has smoked the competition in recruiting considering with what they have had to work with. It's been an amazing ride to see this program outperform other schools that are on our level. Rick

If anyone coming has an ice chest to store ice please bring it. The first round of brisket is cooking as I type. All is going great. If you have any questions don't hesitate to contact me. Rick

Flags are gone. Rick

"They" aint running the show! By the way, if you go by and see the new turf, let the guys out there know you appreciate their work. It's truly a tedious job at hand now and the new black and white letters in the endzones look damn nice. I didn't realize it but the field starts out as a solid green field(after they connect all the sections together). Then for every white spot you will see a section of green must be cut out and replaced with the white or black mark to be glued in. This is true for EVERYTHING including each hash mark. There's hundreds of hashmarks let alone all the lines and sidelines and all. I now understand why it takes so long to install. I spoke to one of the workers and he was dripping wet with sweat. He said they were not used to this type of weather because they are from Denver. I placed my hand down into the blades of fake grass and I bet it was 140 degrees at 12:30 today. The workers are using pheumatic shears to cut out the sections of green and then replace it with the appropriate color. I believe they are also working at night under the lights. If the rain lays off they will be done pretty soon. They definately lowered the crown a bit out of the playing surface, but that's not going to help the sightlines much. Also, out of curiosity I measured the exact distance from the front row 50 yard line bench to sideline. Comes out to be 94 1/2 feet. Nearly 1/3 the length of a football field. Add that plus the 165 feet for the width of the field and you have 354 feet between the two front row seats. Just 3 feet on each side from being able to fit a full Football field in between. Rick

I ordered myself one 4x6 and have two extra 3x5. If you want one send me a P.M. They are $20 each plus $2 s&h. The NT Bookstore has them for $42. Rick

I visited with department officials today and went over where we will set up. We will set up the pit and supplies right in front of the AC center cafeteria. AD dept will have four tables for us to use to serve on. There is also access to electrical outlets from that point. I'm thinking about bringing extension cords and a fan because it's suppose to be around 100 saturday. It was very warm and humid today, hopefully some of the humidity will burn off by saturday. I picked up the meat from the suppliers today, 250 lbs total. I'll start cooking tomorrow at work and cook half tomorrow and half friday. Everything looks good from here. Rick

It wouldn't surprise me in the least to see them turn it around after finally agreeing to play us all this time. They will probably end up top 25 this season or pre season for next year? Rick

Last year in only their 4th year of football existence Howie took the owls on the road in 6 of their first 7 games and won 6 of them. The first three were on the road wins against 1-A teams Hawaii, North Texas and Middle Ten. That was an impressive example of what he can do. This year we will see how he does having to replace most of last years talent? Here's what ESPN has on their front college football page concerning LSU. http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/preview05/n...%3fid%3d2133234 Rick

I understand that other stadiums have tracks, and I have been to both Kyle and Memorial, before and since they removed their tracks. Neither of them came close to having the distance from the 50 yard line seat to the edge of the field, let alone have such a low angled sightline. Not even close. Fouts' 90 feet of space between seat and field even includes the long jump pit between the seats and the track. I would guess there is 10 to 12 yards between railing and track. I have never seen that before in any other stadium. And what makes it worse is the front row seat is very close to the ground and the crown of the entire surface begins at that point so that your nearly looking up at the players standing on the sideline. No way you can see the field of play, which is why no one sits there during a game. Rick

Hopefully we get them before we leave for Baton Rouge? Rick